MONTREAL - Nicolo Rizzuto might have thought he left his troubles behind him in 2008 when he walked away from a conviction in Project Colisée with only a probationary sentence left to serve.

But since then a friend of his has been killed and his grandson and namesake was gunned down in December. And now Rizzuto, who will turn 86 this month, is facing new charges alleging he committed tax evasion by not paying taxes on certain income in 1994 and 1995. The charges stem from a Revenue Canada investigation and were authorized by a prosecutor on Feb. 1. Rizzuto, the father of reputed mob boss Vito Rizzuto, was sent a summons informing him the first date in the tax case is set for Thursday.

The charges allege he failed to pay more than a total of $150,000 in taxes the government alleges he owes from both those years. The undeclared income is alleged to come from more than $620,000 in interest made on investments not disclosed in the charges filed at the Montreal courthouse.

According to La Presse, the investigation was generated by the 1994 discovery of three Swiss bank accounts that were in the names of other people.

On Sept. 18, 2008, Rizzuto pleaded guilty to possession of the proceeds of crime as well as possession of the proceeds of crime for the benefit of, the direction of, or in association with a criminal organization. He was later sentenced to the time he served while awaiting the outcome of his case in Colisée, an investigation into the Montreal Mafia, as well as probation.

In August, his friend Fredrico Del Peschio, 59, was fatally shot as he arrived at a restaurant Del Peschio owned in Ahuntsic. Then in December Nicolo Rizzuto Jr. was murdered in Notre Dame de Grâce. Both slayings remain unsolved.

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